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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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e to change the movements of the dan-cers and hear the differences in sound — give him thepossibility of altering his original idea. Although he thinks of himself specifically as anengineer, in connection with Nine Evenings Mr.Schroeder foresees a more intimate interaction be-tween art and engineering in the future. I think it isquite conceivable, he says, that we will have mixedpersonalities here, that artists in these fields willemerge from the engineering profession. Another of the people at Bell Laboratories who hasbeen actively engaged in collaboration with artists isBilly Kluver, who conducts laser research in the Physi-cal Optics and Electronics Research Department. Mr.Kluver has worked with way-out kinetic sculptor JeanTinguely, sculptor and film maker Andy Warhol,painter and sculptor Robert Rauschenberg, composer Bell Laboratories- Billy Kluver arranges helium-filled pillows at^ ^^Tl, ,T ^^>g the merging of art and technology,which Mr. Kluver considers a natural marriage
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16 John Cage, painter Jasper Johns, and others. He wasa major motivating force behind the Nine Eveningsproject and worked with its performers in his sparetime. While the shows mixture of sound, light andmotion effects never before heard or seen evokedmixed responses from audiences, Mr. Kluver con-siders it a fruitful experience for all concerned. The common ground where engineer and artistmeet is illuminated more clearly when Mr. Kluverspeaks of his own involvement. The artists work islike that of the scientist; it is an investigation whichmay or may not yield meaningful results. The artist and the scientist both work with theworld around them; their perception of this world istheir material. Their differences lie in the way inwhich they use this material. The scientist must buildon and include previous scientific knowledge in hiswork. The artist, once he has made his choice as tothe essential character of his work (be it painting,sculpture, music), will make every effort to avoid eas

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